Jalandhar Doab

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doab geographical region

Jalandhar Doab is a fertile region of the Punjab between the Beas and Sutlej rivers, historically significant as a contested territory between the Sikh Empire and British India.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bist Doab 1
Jalandhar Doab canonical 1
Sutlej River region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf doab ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
annexedBy British East India Company ⓘ
annexedInYear 1846 ⓘ
borderedBy Majha region ⓘ
Malwa region ⓘ
cameUnderBritishControlAfter First Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
climate subtropical ⓘ
containsCity Hoshiarpur ⓘ
Jalandhar ⓘ
Kapurthala ⓘ
Phagwara ⓘ
containsDistrict Hoshiarpur district ⓘ
Jalandhar district ⓘ
Kapurthala district ⓘ
parts of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi people ⓘ
surface form: Punjabis
hasCharacteristic fertile alluvial soil ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance frontier between Sikh Empire and British territories ⓘ
site of military and political contestation in 19th century ⓘ
historicallyContestedBy British East India Company ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Sikh Empire ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region

Sikh Empire ⓘ
knownFor high agricultural productivity ⓘ
intensive irrigation ⓘ
language Punjabi ⓘ
locatedBetween Beas River ⓘ
Sutlej River ⓘ
locatedIn Doaba ⓘ
surface form: Doaba region

Punjab ⓘ
majorCrops cotton ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from city of Jalandhar ⓘ
doab means land between two rivers ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
scriptUsed Gurmukhi ⓘ
soilType alluvial ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
wasAdministrativeDivisionUnder British India ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Lahore (1846) → cededTerritory → Jalandhar Doab ⓘ
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) → appliesToTerritory → Jalandhar Doab ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutlej River region
Doaba (Punjab) → hasSubregion → Jalandhar Doab ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bist Doab